All Bills - Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB354
Introduced
2/28/24
Refer
2/28/24
Refer
3/1/24
Amend KRS 610.070 to require open hearings in all juvenile cases; amend KRS 620.050 to remove immunity for persons acting in good faith and upon reasonable cause in relation to reports of child dependency, neglect, and abuse and participation in judicial proceedings; remove requirement of malice from the offense of false reporting; waive the sovereign immunity of the Commonwealth in order to provide a means for a person to bring an action against the Commonwealth, its agents, employees, or political subdivisions in relation to child dependency, neglect, and abuse matters.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB355
Introduced
2/28/24
Refer
2/28/24
Refer
3/1/24
Propose to amend Section 32 of the Constitution of Kentucky to prevent senators from serving more than three terms of office, not including partial terms of two years or less, and to prevent members of the House of Representatives from serving more than six terms of office, not including partial terms of two years or less, beginning with those elected in November 2026; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB356
Introduced
2/28/24
Refer
2/28/24
Refer
3/1/24
Amend KRS 136.1804 to direct the state portion of property taxes on commercial watercraft to the riverport financial assistance trust fund established in KRS 174.210; amend KRS 174.210 to conform; APPROPRIATION.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB357
Introduced
2/28/24
Refer
2/28/24
Refer
3/1/24
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 235 to create a derelict vessel removal assistance fund to be administered by the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources; require the department to submit a report on the fund beginning September 1, 2024; prohibit persons from abandoning derelict vessels in the Commonwealth; authorize owners of private property to remove derelict vessels at owner's expense after notice; require the Department of Fish and Wildlife to remove derelict vessels and establish criteria for when the removal of an abandoned water vessel is necessary, use amounts deposited into the derelict vessel removal assistance fund to assist in the removal of water vessels from any waters of this state and allow local governments to apply for grants from the fund; accept bids and contract to provide for the removal of abandoned water vessels; and require the department to promulgate administrative regulations; amend KRS 235.010 to define terms; amend KRS 235.040 to require motorboat owners to have boat insurance with wreckage removal; amend KRS 235.050 to require insurance with wreckage removal when registering a motorboat; amend KRS 235.070 to prohibit renewal of registration is the owner does not have an insurance policy with wreckage removal; amend KRS 235.090 to require 50 percent of the fees received from KRS 235.080, 235.085, and 235.130 to the derelict vessel removal assistance fund; require transfers to be made quarterly, within 30 days of the close of each fiscal quarter; amend KRS 235.180 to give notice of destruction or abandon of a vessel to the department; amend KRS 235.250 to require proof of insurance; amend KRS 235.990 to make abandonment of a derelict vessel a Class B misdemeanor and impose a fine of $250 for each offense; amend KRS 235.999 to have all the fines collected from abandonment of derelict vessels or making false statements about possessing insurance to be credited to the derelict vessel removal assistance fund. APPROPRIATION.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB358
Introduced
2/28/24
Refer
2/28/24
Refer
3/1/24
Propose to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to authorize the General Assembly to provide for the educational costs of elementary and secondary school students outside of the public school system; provide ballot language for submission to voters for ratification or rejection.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB359
Introduced
2/28/24
Refer
2/28/24
Refer
3/1/24
Amend KRS 15.334 to require law enforcement training on suicide prevention and intervention.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB36
Introduced
1/2/24
Refer
1/2/24
Refer
1/3/24
Amend KRS 218A.500 to allow the United States Department of Veterans Affairs health care system to operate a syringe services program.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB360
Introduced
2/28/24
Refer
2/28/24
Refer
3/1/24
Amend KRS 160.348 to direct secondary school-based decision making councils to adopt designated policies relating to advanced courses; provide that students who meet certain criteria shall be granted automatic enrollment in an AP course; direct the Kentucky Department of Education to establish a pilot monetary incentive program for AP students and AP teachers; amend KRS 158.6453 to require development of an accelerated learning plan for students with identified strengths; direct local board of education to adopt policies for advanced courses; establish a reporting requirement for KDE related to the number of accelerated learning courses offered, the demographics of eligible students, the number of students placed in those courses, and the number of students not placed in those courses.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB361
Introduced
2/28/24
Refer
2/28/24
Refer
3/1/24
Amend KRS 224A.1123 to remove the requirement that an eligible pole replacement be located in an unserved area; allow for an eligible pole replacement to be made in order to provide qualifying broadband service access to underserved areas; include a pole owner as an eligible applicant for a pole replacement if it has received written notification from a qualified broadband service provider of the provider's planned route for deploying qualifying broadband service and the pole owner replaces a pole along the planned route that would not otherwise need to be replaced except to accommodate broadband facilities; require that a retail provider of qualifying broadband service reimburse the rural infrastructure improvement fund for eligible pole replacement costs paid to a utility pole owner if the retail broadband provider changed its planned deployment route after the pole owner replaced a pole and received reimbursement from the fund for making the replacement.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB362
Introduced
2/28/24
Refer
2/28/24
Refer
3/1/24
Propose to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to guarantee the right of an individual 21 years of age or older to possess, use, buy, or sell one ounce or less of cannabis and to cultivate, harvest, and store up to five cannabis plants for personal use; for the production, processing, and sale of cannabis and cannabis-derived products to be controlled by the General Assembly; specify the question to be printed on the ballot; direct the Secretary of State to publish the proposed amendment in a newspaper of general circulation; direct the Secretary of State to certify the proposed amendment to the county clerk of each county.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB363
Introduced
2/28/24
Refer
2/28/24
Refer
3/1/24
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 139 to define "public venue," "qualifying attraction," and "event"; establish a sales tax rebate for public venues which have qualifying attractions.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB364
Introduced
2/28/24
Refer
2/28/24
Refer
3/1/24
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 278 to direct the Public Service Commission to promulgate administrative regulations to require retail electric suppliers to file integrated resource plans on a triennial basis and include an assessment and acquisition plan for adequate and reliable electricity to meet customer demand at the lowest possible cost of forecasted estimates; require retail electric suppliers to maintain adequate service by owning or contracting capacity to meet customer demand; prohibit retail electric suppliers filing integrated resource plans to purchase capacity or energy from regional transmission organizations or independent system operators; make the privilege to serve customers in a certified territory a property right of the Commonwealth; require the Public Service Commission to allow the commission to determine an amount to be returned to customers of an electric retail supplier that is based on a calculation of the privilege to serve in a certified territory in a proceeding involving an acquisition, transfer, or sale of an electric retail supplier; amend KRS 278.010 to state that the term 'facility' may be used in singular or plural and 'adequate service' includes generating capacity; amend KRS 278.016 to state that retail electric supplier has the privilege to provide electric service; amend KRS 278.018 to state that retail electric suppliers have the privilege rather than right to furnish retail electric service in its certified territory; and if the Public Service Commission find that a retail electric supplier is not providing adequate service the Public Service Commission may order the supplier to correct the problem; allow the commission to authorize another retail electric supplier to serve facilities located in the certified territory of another retail electric supplier; amend KRS 278.020 to determine whether public ownership of a retail electric supplier can achieve lower rates and deem cooperatives organized under KRS Chapter 279 to have public ownership.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB365
Introduced
2/28/24
Refer
2/28/24
Refer
3/1/24
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to establish a civil cause of action for loss of consortium by a child when the negligent or wrongful act of a third person caused the death or total and permanent disability of a parent.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB366
Introduced
2/28/24
Refer
2/28/24
Refer
3/1/24
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 16 to require the Department of Kentucky State Police to provide for training for forensic lab technicians; require any forensic lab technician that completes training provided for by the department to remain employed with the department for at least five years; provide that if a forensic lab technician does not remain employed with the department for at least five years shall be required to repay training costs incurred by the department.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB367
Introduced
2/28/24
Refer
2/28/24
Refer
3/1/24
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 194A to establish the Kentucky all-payer claims database; establish purposes, definitions, and a restricted fund for the database; require the executive director of the Office of Data Analytics to develop, implement, operate, and maintain the database and promulgate administrative regulations to carry out those duties; establish an advisory council to make recommendations to the executive director; establish requirements for database administration and operations; require state-regulated health payers to report to the database; amend KRS 194A.030, 194A.101, and 304.2-100 to conform; create a new section of Subtitle 99 of KRS Chapter 304 to require the commissioner of insurance to enforce reporting requirements; establish time for making initial appointments and provide for staggered appointments to the advisory council; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to obtain a federal waiver within 90 days after the effective date of Act if necessary for implementation; APPROPRIATION.